Compassion

Courage, compassion and sacrifice are difficult to show, especially when you are in the position that the Frank family was in. All of the characters showed a great amount of all these traits. It's amazing to think what some of them did for each other because they were all in a life or death situation because the Nazis were after them, and not just them but all of the Jews and the people who were helping them. Miep, whom was one of the main characters who showed courage, and sacrifice. The…

“I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.” Ellen Degeneres is a very influential person in our world today because she is compassionate, caring and generous; a gifted comedian, author and hostess; and is a strong supporter of equality in America. Ellen Degeneres has spent many years using her time and talents doing comedy and sharing her generosity. One of the big ways Ellen shares her love…

and movie, “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury is about. It starts off with a schoolgirl living on planet Venus. Her classmates harass her for knowing how the sun looks like. Margot ends up showing compassion to them in the movie. The movie and story have different themes because of Margot’s compassion and William’s remorse. In the movie “All Summer in a Day” Margot shows forgiveness towards her classmates, William in particular. Margot’s classmates locked her in a closet so she would not be…

Since I was a little girl, I have always loved writing. Although, I admit that I have never been very good at explaining things. Writer’s Block has always been my most immense struggle when it comes to writing so I guess you could say that writing is a painful and enjoyable experience. I have learned that once I get past the writer’s block, there is no stopping me. As I said earlier, when it comes to explaining things, I always find myself in a predicament. Writing is so enjoyable yet so…

So, what can we do to stop them? That’s where compassion enters the equation. If there’s one thing that I learned in the Bristol Road IB Program, it’s to make connections from your work to the world, to think big. Imagine someone in a very foul mood, that person might go home after work or school and…

him. That is, a legacy of a person who saw the needs of those around him and responded with compassion and action. In the Gospel of Matthew, the bible says: When He (Jesus) saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. (Matt.9:36). This student wants to be able to look back at his life, and to know that he felt compassion, and that compassion led him to action to help those in need of love, in need of comfort, in need of food…

interact; be affectionate towards one another because it is a need, a desire within us that make us who we are and will only give us a sense of satisfaction. Furthermore, Tolstoy states: “what tormented Ivan Ilyich most; no one gave him the kind of compassion he craved” (104). It is not the fact that Ivan knew he was dying but rather, “he had not lived the kind of life he should have” (126). In addition, Ivan himself realized his life had “not the real thing [and] everything [he] lived by and…

As a species, we possess an innate selfish human nature with which we are wired to focus solely on our own self preservation before we offer compassion to others. When it comes to life or death situations, all individuals will choose a route that helps themselves, before extending a helping hand to other people in the same situation. The idea of self preservation is not only viewed all throughout the history of different cultures, but it is clearly outlined as a prominent theme in the short…

Leadership values are essential in my career as a healthcare professional. Leadership values exhibited by someone in a leadership role can determine how effectively and efficiently a department will run. It is important to demonstrate my commitment to my leadership values through my actions which in turn I can cultivate and maintain confidence and respect from employees as their leader. Additionally, if I stay committed to my values I remain more confident in the decisions I make. My values…

there was to follow Buddha Dharma. In other cultures, this law may be called Logos, the Torah or Tao (23, The Law of Survival and the Law of Compassion). Buddha Dharma represents the Buddhists teachings that maintain cosmic and universal order within our world and beyond. This Dharma expressed in The New York Church of Buddhism was based off of expressing compassion to others and finding inner peace through Zen, or meditation and discipline. Pure Land and Zen Buddhism meet a middle ground where…